Is the “Stakeholder” Movement Already Dead?
Last week marked the one-year anniversary of the Business Roundtable (BRT) statement on corporate purpose. You remember it – the announcement that s...
Goldman’s Call for More Board Diversity Bears Early Fruit
When Goldman Sachs speaks, corporations listen. The influential investment bank’s tentacles stretch far and wide across both the global capital mark...
Five Key Considerations for Audit Committees During the Pandemic
The pandemic has everyone rethinking how they do things, whether it be personal greetings, grocery shopping, organized sports—or, in the case of aud...
Issuers Face Questions About WFH Policies
The global pandemic has required a huge swath of the population to “work from home” (or WFH, as the kids say). The question is whether like LOL be...
Severed Heads: Companies Split CEO, Chairman Roles
The saying goes that if you want a job done right, do it yourself. But public companies seem to have learned a different lesson. When things go wrong,...
SEC Proposal Would Curb Shareholder Resolutions
By definition, owning a share of stock gives the holder partial ownership of a company. Even though institutions like mutual funds and pensions contro...